Chevrolet CMP C15 cab 11 body 2A1

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

Thanks, handle is missing in my truck

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jacek

You have the narrow floor plates with the deeper inner fenders. Seems typical of the 2 wheel drive but still can't explain why it is also found on 4 wheel drive cab 12.

Certainly makes it harder to drive with big boots.

Cheers

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

One of wooden spacers was charred that was why it was broken. I wonder how it happened, no electric instalation close to it. I made two new ones. Interesting that hole which held bolt attaching rifle holder to the floor was threaded and wasn't secured with the nut.

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jacek

Two possibilities on the blackened wood spacer.......

You truck did see some action.... are there any discoloration of the metal it was touching..?

....or some years of slow decay of the wood may looked like it burned but only a slow process with the tannic acid of the wood.

On your truck, like mine.... a lot of the machined screws that hold the engine cover and rifle holders were actually threaded into the 3/16 ( 6mm) floor plates.

Working on these old trucks is a constant learning journey.

Cheers

[Gordon Yeo]

Here are two pictures of a #12 cab Chevrolet that has extra plates added to both sides of the floor. Every indication of wood spacers and paint remnants indicate that it is original. The added plates are on the outsides of the frame and to the rear of the under side of the cab floor plate. They are heavy and measure about 5/8 inch thickness. What could this possibly be for?

Gord

[Grant Bowker]

Bob and I have speculated that the added plates served to stiffen the floor plate against flex caused by the cab rear panel. I have no proof of this theory.

[Bob Carriere]

One of the few cab 12 modification that makes sense...... it does keep the rear corner of the cab from flexing...... and doors from sagging.

Early into the cab 11 it was advised to remove the doors when the roof was removed as the back wall had very little to hold it up by its own.

I retro fitted them on my cab 11 which Grant maintains is now a cab 11.5.... I used some of the cab 12 front sheet metal and fitted the extra cab 12 radiator cross bar..and will fit some Hammond reinforcements on the corners of the wooden frame work for the cab...... then Dynamatts inside the doors and Heatshield inside the engine cover..... and may use cab 12 mirror arms instead of rigid cab 11 arms...... Oh my rebuilt doors are reinforced cab 12 also..... with special sideways battery box a la cab 13.....

Mongrel it is......

Cheers

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Gordon Yeo

Here are two pictures of a #12 cab Chevrolet that has extra plates added to both sides of the floor. Every indication of wood spacers and paint remnants indicate that it is original. The added plates are on the outsides of the frame and to the rear of the under side of the cab floor plate. They are heavy and measure about 5/8 inch thickness. What could this possibly be for?

Gord

The cab 12 C8 I bought back in 1981 , had those same plates under the floor corners . Mike

[Jacek Nitkiewicz]

So far every rim is from a different producer (two more to check). Any information about this Sankey company ?